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We chose... poorly (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sometimes, you just need to wipe the drawing board clean and start over. 🤷👋 🔥

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (18 children)

Is there a name for the ideology that humans should be wiped from the planet for the benefit of the planet and the rest of the organisms on it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think there's a specific one yet, though insults towards such people abound.

Its certainly an extention of misanthropy though.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misanthropy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Misanthropy involves a negative evaluative attitude toward humanity that is based on humankind's flaws. Misanthropes hold that these flaws characterize all or at least the greater majority of human beings. They claim that there is no easy way to rectify them short of a complete transformation of the dominant way of life.

I thought this was quite interesting. I think I agree very much with

there is no easy way to rectify them short of a complete transformation of the dominant way of life

but not so much with

these flaws characterize all or at least the greater majority of human beings

I just think these flaws characterize all or the greater majority of human beings that possess a relative amount of power. That's the real problem. Or perhaps the real problem is that power itself transforms humans and gives them these flaws. I'm not sure if it's the chicken or the egg, kind of thing.

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